It all happens in chronological order and Coelho succeeds at making you feel as if The Spy was written by Mata Hari herself, almost as if he channeled her when writing the story. It’s basically the kind of letter where she pours her heart out, detailing her life from childhood until the fateful moment when she awaits her doom and reflecting on the many decisions she made and the events that shaped her life. Coelho obviously knew that he had to do something a little different to make The Spy a worthwhile read, which is why the narration is presented in the form of a final letter drafted by Mata Hari before her execution. Paulo Coelho’s Approach to the MysteryĪs you might have expected, a myriad of books and movies have already been released over the years, attempting to recount her story and shed some light on it. Anyhow, none of this was nearly enough to stop Paulo Coelho from trying to weave together a comprehensive narrative out of her life, exploring her life history, personality and motivations, aptly-titled The Spy.
The French Army is poised to declassify the documents concerning her trial in 2017, one hundred years after the affair, but even those papers may not shed as much light as we would like for they only present the French perspective. Her name was Mata Hari and to this very day her story demands our attention and fascination, for she was the real, original femme fatale on which virtually every Hollywood Noir movie was based on.Now, it’s quite obvious that her story is shrouded in secrets and mysteries the point where we can only speculate about the more intriguing parts of her life. Well, as you might have guessed, as with most character types in historical fiction this trope is based on the life of a very real person who made headlines across the world in 1917.
The archetype of exotic dancer working as a double agent is a trope that has become well-known to us over the decades, appearing in countless books, television shows and movies to the point where we expect every stripper to be a CIA assassin.
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